WASHBURNE,
Elihu B.: Born 1816 in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine

Washburne attended Kents Hill c1835, and went on
to Harvard Law School. He then went west to Illinois where he served as
U.S. Congressman from 1852-1868. Highly respected by his peers they called
him "Father of the House" and "Watchdog of the Treasury". Mr. Washburne
became close friends and supporter of Ulysses Grant and Abraham Lincoln.
He was among Abraham Lincoln's intimate confidants during the Civil War.
Elihu was Secretary of State for a short time, and Foreign Minister to
France from 1869-1877. During the Franco-Prussian War he gained great acclaim
for his courage and dedication, and was said to be "the best Foreign Minister
to France since Benjamin Franklin". He was nominated for President of the
United States in 1876, but chose to not actively campaign against his good
friend Ulysses Grant.Washburne's birthplace,
The Norlands, is a living history center in Livermore, Maine. Here, you
can learn more about Elihu and his six brothers who were also successful
businessmen, inventors and politicians on state and national levels. For
information about guided tours, 1870 & 1790 Live-ins, festival weekends
or school programs at the Norlands call 207-897-4366

HOWE,
Timothy O.: Born 1816 in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine

Timothy Howe and Elihu Washburne were classmates
at Kents Hill School. Howe later studied law and opened a successful practice
in Readfield where he was residing when elected to the Maine House of Representatives
in 1840. He went west to Wisconsin where he was elected to the United States
Senate in 1860, and served in that office until 1879. He and Washburne
were among those who gave birth to the Republican Party. In 1881 U.S. President
James Garfield appointed him Delegate to the International Monetary Conference
in Paris, France. Later, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur appointed him
Postmaster General of the United States.

HAMLIN,
Hannibal: Born 1809 in Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Hannibal Hamlin attended Kents Hill School c1824.
He was Govenor of Maine in 1857, elected to the United States House of
Representatives and was a U.S. Senator from Maine. Hamlin strongly opposed
slavery and left the Democrat party in 1856 to help organize the Republican
Party as an antislavery group. In 1861 Abraham Lincoln chose him for Vice
President, and he served in that office during Lincoln's first term 1861-1865.
When Lincoln ran for a second term he wanted a Democrat on the 1864 ticket
so did not consider Hamlin as his running mate. In 1935 Maine erected a
statue of Hamlin in Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.

GENERAL
O.O. HOWARD: Born 1830 Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine

Oliver Otis Howard was born in Leeds, Maine
November 30, 1830, the eldest of three brothers. He attended Monmouth Academy,
Kents Hill School & graduated from Bowdoin College at 19 yrs of age.
Unsolicited, he received an appointment from Maine, as a cadet in the Military
Academy at West Point from which he graduated 4th in rank in 1854. He fought
in many important engagements in the Civil War, including Fair Oaks where
he lost an arm and had two horses shot out from under him. During his convalescence
he went home to Maine where he worked at raising enough volunteers to meet
the quota. He returned to active service 2 months and 20 days after being
wounded. At the Battle of Gettysburg he received marked credit from General
Meade and the Congress in recognition that on the first day of battle at
Gettysburg it was O.O. Howard who selected the famous field for battle,
and holding it with his reserve troops, while keeping superior force in
check all day, from the time of Gen. Reynold's death til near night. He
participated in the remainder of the battle until its close, and went on
to serve in the war until the end. On May 12, 1865 he was appointed by
President Lincoln to post of Commissioner of Refuges and Freedmen, in which
capacity he served for 7 years. Other positions he held were: Commander
of Indian Fighting 1874-81; Superintendent of West Point 1881-82; Commander
of the Army of the East 1888-94. He was largely responsible for the government's
establishment of Howard University (for blacks) named in his honor, in
1867, and was its president 1869-72. In 1895 he founded Lincoln Memorial
University, Cumberland Gap, Tenn., for educationally deprived mountain
people. Monument Hill trail in Leeds has an obelisk erected in his memory.
General Howard was married to Elizabeth Ann Waite of Bangor, and they had
seven children.

ZEBULON
YORK: Born 1819 in Avon, Franklin County, Maine

Zebulon York received his secondary education
at Kents Hill School, and then went on to Transylvania University in Kentucky.
He later attended law school at Tulane University in Louisiana. Upon receiving
his law degree he took up residence in Vidalia, Louisiana where he operated
a very successful law practice. He also became a wealthy plantation owner
working over 1,500 slaves. During the Civil War Zebulon York chose to fight
for the Confederacy in defense of his empire. He quickly moved up through
the ranks and became Brigadeer General, one of the very few yankee natives
to do so. After the war he returned to his home in Vidalia, and found
his business had been destroyed. He managed a hotel in Natchez, Mississippi
following the war,

and died in Natchez on August 5, 1900, where
he is buried.

C.A.
STEPHENS: Born 1844 in Norway, Oxford County, Maine

C. A. Stephens was the prolific author of
over 2,500 short stories for the popular magazine

The Youth'sCompanion
between 1870-1929. During these years his name was well known to millions
of people across America. His works also included 31 books of fiction and
non-fiction in addition to pamphlets and articles. C.A. Stephens graduated
from Norway Academy, and then attended Kents Hill School for one year.
Subsequently, he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore, where he graduated
in 1869. He then moved to Boston where he became successful almost immediately
after selling his first two short stories to The Youth's Companion
in January 1870. He built a large home and laboratory in
Norway, Maine. Mr. Stephen's died on September 22, 1931, and willed his
home to be used as a Hospital, but the gift was refused for lack of enough
financial resources to maintain the massive structure. It was finally
sold and destroyed in the 1950's.

Stories From The Old Squire's Farm
is a book of C.A. Stephen's stories which were

compiled and edited by Charles G. Waugh &
Eric Jon Waugh.

The book was published by Rutledge Hill Press,
Nashville, Tenn., 1995.

The book is the source of the information
above.

Eric Jon Waugh is a Kents Hill School student.

DAVIS
W. CLARK: Born 1812 in Mt. Desert, Hancock County, Maine

Davis Clark graduated from Kents Hill School
in 1833, then from Wesleyan University of Connecticut in 1836. He held
various positions at Amenia Seminary in New York until 1843 when he was
appointed editor of The Ladies Repository, a Methodist women's
magazine in Cincinnati. In 1864 he was appointed to the office of Bishop,
and in 1866 was called upon to serve as a Christian mediator to reunite
the northern and southern Methodists. He played an important role in healing
the spiritual wounds created by the Civil War, and became one of the most
popular and best known Methodist leaders during the post war years. At
the time of his death in Cincinatti in 1871 he was one of the country's
leading religious personalities.

JOHN
L. STEVENS: Born 1820 Mt. Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine

John L. Stevens was born 8-1-1820 in Mt.
Vernon, the son of Capt. John & Charlotte (Lyford) Stevens. John married
Mary Lowell, daughter of Capt. Daniel & Dorcas Lowell of Hallowell.
They had 4 chidren, two daughters lived to adulthood.

Following graduation from Kents Hill School
John Stevens became a Universalist minister during which time he became
a crusader against slavery. His lifelong friend, Gov. Anson P. Morrill,
persuaded him to retire from the pulpit, and to become editor and publisher
in partnership with James G. Blaine at the Kennebec Journal in Augusta,
Maine. Stevens served as the K.J.'s chief editor until 1869. During that
time he served in the State House of Representatives 1866-67 and State
Senate 1868-69. While a member of the House he introduced the resolve that
led directly to the establishment of the Industrial School for Girls in
Hallowell, and conceived and advised the municipal aid under which Edwards
Manufacturing evolved. He also pushed legislation abolishing capital punishment.
In 1869 President Grant appointed him U.S. Minister to Uruguay, a post
he held until 1874. From 1881-1884 he was appointed by the U.S. President
to the post of U.S. Minister of Scandanavia. During this time he wrote
a book about Gustavas Adolphus, a Swedish national hero. Stevens and James
Blaine were equals in the early days of the Republican Party, and some
historians feel that Blaine's views on Latin America and reciprocity trade
relationships were significantly influenced by Stevens.

In 1889 President Harrison appointed John
Stevens as Minister Resident at Honolulu. John Stevens engineered a bloodless
revolution in 1893 which was led by 9 Americans, 2 British & 2 Germans
to dethrone Queen Lilluokalani because she was trying to increase her power
beyond the limits of the Hawaiian constitution. In 1894 the Republic of
Hawaii was established, and in 1898 the United States annexed Hawaii. Because
of Stevens support of annexation of Hawaii to the United States he was
popular with the pro-American group in Hawaii, and they gave him an elaborate
7 piece silver service made from melted silver dollars. Stevens came under
fire for his part in the annexation by some politicians such as Grover
Cleveland and Speaker Thomas Reed. Many more praised and supported him
however, including Henry Cabot Lodge, President Harrison and William P.
Frye.

Tom Coffman, a film producer and writer
from Hawaii has recently visited Kennebec County to interview the John
L. Stevens descendents who now own the silver service. The film, Nation
Within, written and produced in commemoration of Hawaii's centennial,
will be aired on PBS the summer of 1998. Thank you to Mr. Coffman for sharing
information with us about John L. Stevens for this page!

BOB
ELLIOT, Class '69

(This article taken in part from Kents Hill
Today Newsletter Fall '97)

Known for his unique features
on the local televsion news, Bob Elliot, 47, died July 30 of an apparent
heart attack while riding his bicycle at Fort Williams State Park near
the Portland Headlight, one of his favorite places. Elliot was a postgraduate
at Kents Hill during the 1968-69 school year.Elliot
was mostly known in Maine for his work at Channel 6 in Portland. While
doing a fair amount of "hard" news reporting, Elliot is remembered for
his offbeat antics on feature stories. His most famous part on the Channel
6 news was "Bob's Basement", a weekly spot put together by Bob from the
parking garage at the WCSH studio. He would generally put his uniquely
humerous spin on any number of serious or not-so-serious subjects. A collection
of his most memorable reports are available on video in stores statewide. Elliot spent a good
portion of his career as a location reporter for NBC news in South America.
He then came back to his home, South Portland and was with Channel 6 until
1996 when he moved his reporting skills to WMTW - Channel 8. Kents Hill remembers
Bob for his participation in the 100th football game with Hebron Academy.
Bob did a great feature on the news before the game reporting on Kents
Hill the night before. He was also the featured speaker at the celebratory
dinner the evening after the game.

KENTS
HILL SCHOOL NOTABLES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION

(This is NOT a complete list!)

John Johnson, Professor of Natural Science
at Wesleyan University

Joseph Cummings, President of Wesleyan and
Northwestern Universities

William Allen, President of Girard College

Edward Cook, President of Lawrence University

Benjamin F. Leighton, Dean of Harvard Law
School

William Deering, the manufacturer & special
benefactor of Northwestern University

James Roscoe Day, Chancellor of Syracuse University

Charles Collins, President of Dickenson College

Millard M. Parker, President University of
Arizona

Charles F. Allen, President University of
Maine

Edgar M. Smith, President Illinois Wesleyan

William C. Larrabee, State Commissioner of
Education, Indiana

H.B. Wilson, State Commissioner of Education,
Minnesota

E.P. Clark, Chairman of State Board of Education,
California

William H. Snyder, President Los Angeles Junior
College

Joseph Cummings Chase, well known portrait
painter & Dean of Hunter College